Waveform Emergent Mass Theory.

In May 1921, Russell entered what he described as a 39-day “cosmic illumination” — a state of expanded consciousness in which he claimed to perceive the inner workings of the universe directly. He later compiled his insights into The Universal One (1926). He sent this to hundreds of leading scientists and thinkers; most dismissed it as metaphysical speculation, except Nikola Tesla, who is said to have told him:

“You have caught the light of cosmic understanding… but the world is not ready for it for another thousand years.”

Russell claimed that matter is not a substance, but a form of motion — specifically, light that has been compressed, slowed, and patterned by rhythmic thought or “Mind.”

Compression (contraction) = gravitation, forming matter.

Expansion (radiation) = the return to the undifferentiated ether or “universal mind.” This compression/expansion cycle is the basis for all creation — not static particles, but oscillatory energy transformations.

He saw this as octave-wave motion, analogous to musical scales or light spectra, where all physical phenomena are variations of rhythmic pressure in a single continuum.

Russell rejected the dualistic idea that forces are separate (like matter vs. energy, or positive vs. negative). Instead, he proposed a “One Substance” — the universal equilibrium — manifesting as alternating polarities:

Attraction ↔ Repulsion

Heat ↔ Cold

Condensation ↔ Rarefaction He emphasized that these are two phases of one balanced process, not two independent forces. The universe, in his view, is a rhythmic heartbeat of the cosmic mind, not a mechanical system of particles in empty space.

In Russell’s cosmology:

Electricity is not electrons moving through a void, but spiral vortices in a dense, balanced medium (a “plenum”).

The vacuum is not empty but full of latent energy, a field of opposing rotations (similar to what quantum field theory would later describe as vacuum fluctuations).

The wave is the fundamental construct of matter — its nodes and antinodes define atomic structure.

He described atoms as wave fields, with rhythmic compressions and expansions forming standing waves — decades before quantum field theory and wavefunction interpretations became mainstream.

Russell extended these principles into biology and metaphysics:

Life and death are simply the compression and release of light patterns.

Time is helical, not linear — meaning evolution and recurrence coexist, like spirals around a central axis. --(This part was strange to read, as a few months ago in a dream I was sliding down a helical surface, as I continued to slide I realized I could probably jump to the former part of the surface I was sliding down, and end up in the past part of the helical slide I was on.....)

This view anticipates the cyclic cosmologies and fractal time models in later systems theory and even some quantum cosmology interpretations.

Relation to Modern Concepts

While his system is philosophical rather than mathematical, it parallels several modern ideas:

Quantum field theory (QFT): Everything is an excitation in a continuous field — similar to his “plenum” of potential.

Wave mechanics: Russell’s octave-wave model resembles standing wave structures of particles.

Nonlocality and entanglement: His “universal mind field” implies all things are interconnected through phase relationships.

Morphic resonance and consciousness research: He saw thought as an organizing principle of matter — similar to Sheldrake’s later ideas.

Vacuum energy and zero-point field: His “universal equilibrium” resembles the modern view of vacuum as a sea of energy, not emptiness.